When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. When we look at a typical galaxy, we can see bright stars at its center. As your eyes move ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Circa 1945: Astronomer Dr. Edwin Powell Hubble sitting in a chair at a desk reading a journal. A ...

The Milky Way contains more than 100 billion stars, each following its own evolutionary path through birth, life, and ...

Using the Hubble Space Telescope and an array of other instruments, astronomers have probed supernova wreckage in the Large ...

A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in January 1925, a paper read by one of his ...

Edwin Hubble redefined the universe and Brazil declared a republic, amid other landmark events shaping history and science ...

(THE CONVERSATION) A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in January 1925, a paper read by ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has been surveying space since 1990 and has captured some interesting cosmic elements in action.

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week features a sparkling cloudscape from one of the Milky Way’s galactic neighbours, a dwarf galaxy called the Large Magellanic Cloud. ESA/Hubble & ...

A Hubble Space Telescope study takes a close look at the dwarf galaxies surrounding Andromeda. Credit: NASA / ESA / J. Dalcanton / B.F. Williams / L.C. Johnson / PHAT team / R. Gendler Surrounding the ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has produced the most comprehensive survey of the Andromeda galaxy, revealing new clues about its history. The Hubble survey, assembled from over 1,000 orbits and spanning a ...